i still stand by my earlier statements. a camera company that releases a large number of "collectors edition" cameras is running as much on cachet as on actual quality, or even more.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cesar Matamoros II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:32 PM Subject: OT: Leica musings - more from me... > They have a brochure on the D-Lux digital as a visual diary of entertainer > Bryan Adams. A quarter of the pages are full of text (two on specs). The > rest contain images. Talk about elitist, they state 'legendary optical > know-how' and 'a small series rather than for the large masses.' An > interesting aspect is the fact that you can have an extended warranty or, > not and, custom engraving on the base of the camera. They even state 'if at > any time you don't have a good subject in sight, you still have a timeless > object in your hands!' Gee, they could be talking about an LX. > Snake-skinned or not :-) Herb got a kick out of this when I told him as we > sat by Central Park outside the American Museum of Natural History during a > PDML.

